diff --git a/.release-please.manifest.json b/.release-please.manifest.json
index af4b15c..924b352 100644
--- a/.release-please.manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please.manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.0.0-alpha.2"
+  ".": "2.0.0-alpha.3"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d676dc4..64a7f65 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.0.0-alpha.3](https://github.com/copick/copick-mcp/compare/copick-mcp-v2.0.0-alpha.2...copick-mcp-v2.0.0-alpha.3) (2026-08-19)
+
+
+### 🐞 Bug Fixes
+
+* synchronize package version in releases ([#64](https://github.com/copick/copick-mcp/issues/64)) ([8101cb3](https://github.com/copick/copick-mcp/commit/8101cb3e31b00d536952202346670efdf1b1f1d2))
+
 ## [2.0.0-alpha.2](https://github.com/copick/copick-mcp/compare/copick-mcp-v2.0.0-alpha.1...copick-mcp-v2.0.0-alpha.2) (2026-08-19)
 
 
diff --git a/src/copick_mcp/__init__.py b/src/copick_mcp/__init__.py
index 172522c..4929a77 100644
--- a/src/copick_mcp/__init__.py
+++ b/src/copick_mcp/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """Copick MCP Server - Model Context Protocol server for Copick data exploration and CLI introspection."""
 
-__version__ = "2.0.0-alpha.2"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "2.0.0-alpha.3"  # x-release-please-version
 
 __all__ = ["__version__"]